The Rugby Europe Super Cup is an annual men's rugby union club tournament organised by the continental governing body, Rugby Europe. Featuring clubs outside the traditional Six Nations strongholds of the sport, it effectively forms a third tier of European club rugby beneath the EPCR-organised European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup. The first Super Cup competition took place in 2021–22.
Format The tournament was announced as an annual event for emerging nations in Europe. Professional rugby clubs and franchise teams can take part in it. Teams are divided into two conferences: western and eastern. Each team plays every conference rival home and away. The two best teams from each conference advance to the semi-finals, where they play for a ticket to the final. In 2023 for the first time the Czech Rugby Union was involved in the European club competition with Bohemia Rugby Warriors taking part.
Teams + TeamsJoined Bohemia Rugby Warriors2023 Brussels Devils2021–22 Delta2021–22 Lusitanos XV2021–22 Romanian Wolves2022
Former Teams The first competition included two Russian teams who were expelled following the invasion of Ukraine, to be replaced with teams from Romania and Georgia in the second season.
In April 2025 Black Lion revealed that they were in talks to join the United Rugby Championship and they decided to withdraw from the Rugby Europe Super Cup.
After 2025–26 season Castilla y León Iberians decided to withdraw from the Rugby Europe Super Cup. + TeamsSeasons Batumi RC2022 Black Lion2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024 Castilla y León Iberians2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26 Lokomotiv Penza2021–22 Tel Aviv Heat2021–22, 2022, 2023 Yenisey-STM2021–22 The goal of the tournament is to bridge the development gap between European countries and attract new sponsors in new markets. All 27 matches are filmed and widely broadcast on TV and digital platforms.
The plan was to expand the Super Cup to include 12 teams by 2023 and 16 teams by 2025.
Finals 2021–23 Year Final Third place match Host Winner Score Runner-up Host 3rd place Score 4th place Lisbon Black Lion 17–14 Lusitanos XV colspan=4 rowspan=2 2022 Tbilisi Black Lion 29–17 Tel Aviv Heat 2023 Tbilisi Black Lion 27–17 Tel Aviv Heat Amsterdam Romanian Wolves 41–17 Castilla y León Iberians
2024 YearPool A Pool BWinner Runner-up 3rd place Winner2024 Black Lion Lusitanos XV Castilla y León Iberians Romanian Wolves
2025–2026 Year Final Third place match Host Winner Score Runner-up Host 3rd place Score 4th place Amsterdam Castilla y León Iberians 42–17 Lusitanos XV Amsterdam Delta 36–31 Brussels Devils
2026–present YearWinner Runner-up 3rd place 4th place 2026
Performances by team TeamWinnersRunner-up3rd place4th place5th place6th place7th place8th place Black Lion 4 (2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024) Castilla y León Iberians 1 (2025–26) 3 (2021–22, 2022, 2024) 1 (2023) Lusitanos XV 3 (2021–22, 2024, 2025–26) 1 (2022) 1 (2023) Tel Aviv Heat 2 (2022, 2023) 1 (2021–22) Romanian Wolves 1 (2023) 1 (2024) 1 (2025–26) The Delta 1 (2025–26) 1 (2021–22) 1 (2024) 2 (2022, 2023) Brussels Devils 1 (2025–26) 2 (2021–22, 2022) 2 (2023, 2024) Bohemia Rugby Warriors 1 (2025–26) 1 (2023, 2024) 1 (2024) 1 (2023) Batumi RC 1 (2022) Lokomotiv Penza Yenisey-STM Disqualified due to Russian invasion of Ukraine
Number of participating clubs by country The following is a list of clubs that have played or will be playing in the Rugby Europe Super Cup group stage. NationNo.ClubsYears Georgia (2)4 Black Lion2021–22, 2022, 2023, 20241RC Batumi2022 Russia (2)1Lokomotiv Penza2021–221Yenisey-STM2021–22 Belgium (1)6Brussels Devils2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26, 2026 Netherlands (1)6Delta2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26, 2026 Portugal (1)6 Lusitanos2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26, 2026 Spain (1)5 Castilla y León Iberians2021–22, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26 Israel (1)3 Tel Aviv Heat2021–22, 2022, 2023 Romania (1)5Romanian Wolves2022, 2023, 2024, 2025–26, 2026 Czech Republic (1)4Bohemia Rugby Warriors2023, 2024, 2025–26, 2026
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